Interactive rebase off of a point earlier in the history than the commit you need to modify (git rebase -i <earliercommit>
).
In the list of commits being rebased, change the text from pick
to edit
next to the hash of the one you want to modify. Then when git prompts you to change the commit, use this:
git commit --amend --author="Author Name <[email protected]>" --no-edit
For example, if your commit history is A-B-C-D-E-F with F as HEAD, and you want to change the author of C and D, then you would...
- Specify git rebase -i B (here is an example of what you will see after executing the git rebase -i B command)